Filmmaker Ananth Mahadevan Claims Kiran Rao Copied Laapataa Ladies Scenes From His 1999 Movie

Kiran Rao's Laapataa Ladies has got a new lease of life after its release on OTT. The film starring Nitanshi Goel, Sparsh Shrivastav and Pratibha Ranta is receiving love and applause from everyone. Amid this, filmmaker Ananth Mahadevan has claimed that certain scenes in the film have been lifted from his old 1999 movie.

Filmmaker Ananth Mahadevan claims Laapataa Ladies scenes are copied from his film

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Mahadevan who was last seen in Mission Raniganj essaying the role of PM Natarajan has revealed that the starting scene of Laapataa Ladies is quite similar to his film Ghunghat Ke Pat Khol. "In our film, a boy from the city goes to his village to get married. The mix-up happens at the railway station when he asks his new bride, who is in a ghunghat, to wait on a bench (while he goes looking for some information). When he returns, he joins the wrong bride," he was quoted as saying by Mid-Day.

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While in Laapataa Ladies, the brides ultimately reach their final destination - one reuniting with her husband and the other pursuing further studies, Ghunghat Ke Pat Khol on the other hand sees the two exchanged brides falling in love with their new partners and marrying them again.

Talking about another scene in the film, he said, "The scene where the cop looks at the woman¡¯s photograph and can¡¯t make out much because she is in a ghunghat, is there in my film. Except in my film, it¡¯s not a cop but another character."

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For the unversed, the Kiran Rao-directed film produced by Aamir Khan has been written by Biplab Goswami, a native of Agartala, Tripura. Biplab Goswami shared that the film's concept stemmed from his early experiences with gender discrimination, a realization that dawned on him during childhood and intensified as he grew older.

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